Alar.........m!!!!!!.....Your kind help is needed

[Luftwaffe]

I have been playing the Silent Hunter III for 1 year. of course a rookie compared with most of the prestigious U-commanders here in this forum. After playing the game for such a period of time, I find a lethal weakness of the game - to few ships, even some mighty ships in Silent Hunter II has gone in the III. I don't mean to see the US battleships in the Atlantic battlefield, But the HMS ships are still far not enough. I need some new ships, I once saw a shippack including several warships including the German Graf Zepllin CV, but all the links have expired. You may say why not use the GWX 2.0 update. I am more than desperate to enjoy that update, but my computer is such a low-end one that it even has difficulty in running the 1.0 version when there is a ship catching fire or puffing smoke. I don't think my computer can run the gray wolf.......

I need your help, please post some warships or merchants to me, I am sincerely waiting for your help hands as well as handsome ships at lt_eurofighter@yahoo.com.cn Best thanks to any one who can help me......and best wishes (sorry for my poor english)

[Philipp_Thomsen]

Dude, with all the respect, trade off that piece of junk!

I'm in the same shape as you, and belive me, sh3 1.0 is NOTHING, ABSOLUTELLY NOTHING, compared with GWX 2.0 and 10 more must-have mods around. My machine can barelly run all of this, while in sh3 1.0 it was piece of cake. You are missing too much, if you enjoy sh3 enough, buy a new machine.

[Luftwaffe]

Originally Posted by Philipp_Thomsen

Dude, with all the respect, trade off that piece of junk!

I'm in the same shape as you, and belive me, sh3 1.0 is NOTHING, ABSOLUTELLY NOTHING, compared with GWX 2.0 and 10 more must-have mods around. My machine can barelly run all of this, while in sh3 1.0 it was piece of cake. You are missing too much, if you enjoy sh3 enough, buy a new machine.

Nice to see your rank as"中国水兵"for I am Chinese. I know that mods for SH3 present a much higher requirement for computer performance. but to change a computer is by far not as simple as change a U-boat such as from Type VII to Type IX(at least in the game). I have seen some footages on the youtube website and I thing what makes the mods more performance-requiring are some other things such as the effect of sky, water, flames and smoke, rather than the increase in the number of ships available. That's exactly the reason why I am asking for your kindness to post me some single ship models rather tha a whole mod.I have three extra ships in the game(Duke of York or rather a King Geoge V in camouflage painting, HMS BC Hood, HMS BC Repulse)and those lovely ships seem not to have brought a single frame down from my game and you know that's exactly the ships I want the most. I simply want to add some new ships models in the game while keep the graphic and other staff of the game as it is in the original version. still waiting for your help....... as much thanks as I have to all of you (again sorry for my poor English)

[Philipp_Thomsen]

Originally Posted by Luftwaffe

Nice to see your rank as"中国水兵"for I am Chinese. I know that mods for SH3 present a much higher requirement for computer performance. but to change a computer is by far not as simple as change a U-boat such as from Type VII to Type IX(at least in the game). I have seen some footages on the youtube website and I thing what makes the mods more performance-requiring are some other things such as the effect of sky, water, flames and smoke, rather than the increase in the number of ships available. That's exactly the reason why I am asking for your kindness to post me some single ship models rather tha a whole mod.I have three extra ships in the game(Duke of York or rather a King Geoge V in camouflage painting, HMS BC Hood, HMS BC Repulse)and those lovely ships seem not to have brought a single frame down from my game and you know that's exactly the ships I want the most. I simply want to add some new ships models in the game while keep the graphic and other staff of the game as it is in the original version. still waiting for your help....... as much thanks as I have to all of you (again sorry for my poor English)

Dont worry about your english, its very good. As for the mods, thats not only the eye-candy. The most important part for anyone here in this forum is REALISM! Every mod here has that purpose. In the original sh3 game, if you aim your deckgun to the mast of the ship and fire some shells, you will destroy it, coz the ship's life is based only on "hitpoints". You can hit the ship wherever you want, once the hitpoints reaches zero, she's down. On gwx (and other big mods), you can fire forever and nothing will happen if you are not hitting on the proper place. If you punch holes below the water level, she will have flooding and might sink due to that. And this is just 0,1% of all the realism that those mods bring us. Those are really game savers, I always thought that sh3 was an kickass game, but once I came across those magnificent mods I saw that the game really did stink, compared to what it is now. Really, you dont have a clue, and you won't until you try for yourself.

But of course, I understand your side, your computer just cant take any more mods. All I can tell you about those ships is that a new big ship mod is coming out, maybe in this month. You will hear about it when it's ready, theres a LOT of new ships. But again, Im not sure if it will work with sh3 1.0, once almost everything today is made "for gwx".

Anyway, good luck with that!

[Luftwaffe]

Originally Posted by Philipp_Thomsen

Dont worry about your english, its very good. As for the mods, thats not only the eye-candy. The most important part for anyone here in this forum is REALISM! Every mod here has that purpose. In the original sh3 game, if you aim your deckgun to the mast of the ship and fire some shells, you will destroy it, coz the ship's life is based only on "hitpoints". You can hit the ship wherever you want, once the hitpoints reaches zero, she's down. On gwx (and other big mods), you can fire forever and nothing will happen if you are not hitting on the proper place. If you punch holes below the water level, she will have flooding and might sink due to that. And this is just 0,1% of all the realism that those mods bring us. Those are really game savers, I always thought that sh3 was an kickass game, but once I came across those magnificent mods I saw that the game really did stink, compared to what it is now. Really, you dont have a clue, and you won't until you try for yourself.

But of course, I understand your side, your computer just cant take any more mods. All I can tell you about those ships is that a new big ship mod is coming out, maybe in this month. You will hear about it when it's ready, theres a LOT of new ships. But again, Im not sure if it will work with sh3 1.0, once almost everything today is made "for gwx".

Anyway, good luck with that!

A lot of thanks to you for your explaination of the what make the mods here really captivating-realism. I know that you care more more about realisms of the game for the simple reason that you are the ultimate U-boat aces. Like in air combat games such as IL2-1946(My computer has kept me far far from Microsoft Flight Simulator Series)which also enjoys a high popularity for its unparalled realisms. The more sophisticated your skill is, the more realisms you demand from the game. Only those real ace pilots care about the tiny difference in the aerodamic performance of Bf-109G6 and Bf-109G14, As for those rookie pilots who even handles a Fw-190 in the same way as a Spitfire thus gets engaged in dogfights, the fascination of a new improvement in physic is undoubtedly less than that of some external staff as you have refered to as eye-candy such as a painting staring a famous ace, say Erich Hartmann. Another example is a racing simulator named F1 Challenge 99-02, every season saw the advent of a new mod, from RH2003, to the most recent carpack of 2008 wintertest. I dont't think those drivers care about the difference in engine horsepower, downforce or other sort of performance of the cars, they simply want to drive new cars with new aerodynamic packages as well as new paintings of new advertisements on the car even keeping the same speed and handling characteristics.
Back to the topic of our beloved SH3, I do care about physics, but not to the extent as most of my respected captains here do. I don't mind that the v1.0 measures damage in the hitpoint system, it serves me well because even under this system can I sink a C3 Cargo with 3AP shells followed by 6 or 7 HE shells (88mm)fired towards its fuel bunker under waterline or see it still afloat (though puffing smoke) after pouring 10 times that ammunition towards its upper building. I think that's enough in terms of realisms for the simple reason that my skill has not yet inspired me to go to extreme on the road of searching for a better physics performance, while my enthusiasm in naval battle has driven me desperate to enjoy more ships in the game. As far as I am concerned, to seperately install a ship into the game simple needs such two files(1:SH3 root/data/sea/***ship, 2:SH3 root/data/roster/***ship's nationality/***ship)if the ship is not equipted with aircrafts. I just need those files to add as many ships as possible to my SH3 and your post will be of great help to a captain almost in desperation.......thanks......

[panzer 49th]

你真的需要获得一个新的电脑。如果你的电脑可以勉强运行股票和SH3现在是时候了新的电脑上。我买了笔记本 电脑在数年前，我需要一个新的提问。如果您需要更多的帮助刚才问我，我可以帮你把你的电脑运行 的更好。

Sorry if you cant read this i dont speak your language very well.

[Luftwaffe]

Originally Posted by panzer 49th

你真的需要获得一个新的电脑。如果你的电脑可以勉强运行股票和SH3现在是时候了新的电脑上。我买了笔记本 电脑在数年前，我需要一个新的提问。如果您需要更多的帮助刚才问我，我可以帮你把你的电脑运行 的更好。

Sorry if you cant read this i dont speak your language very well.

Why say sorry? you should have known that I can obtain the meaning as well as your generousity from your well organised sentence in Mandarin with no difficulty, but with great thanks. However, I can't see any prospective of bringing any improvement to my poor Dell D830. I can't make any sacrifice on the game's graphic to make compromise to the game's frames for the simple reason that what I really enjoy is the ships rather than the game itself, which explains why I need more ships rather than someting such as "Frame optimising package".......Thanks for your generousity with my greatest sincerity.(and I would appreciate it the most if you can post me some ships model/roster files)